Use the caramel in any recipe that needs melted caramels, also for ice cream topping.

6 apples, remove stems
1 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 c. butter
3/4 c. white corn syrup
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. vanilla

Wash and dry thoroughly each apple. Insert stick into stem end of apples. Combine sugar, syrup, sweetened condensed milk, and salt in a heavy saucepan. Mix well. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly to 230 degrees F. on your candy thermometer, or until small amount dropped in cold water forms a soft ball (cook about 30 minutes). Remove from stove; cool slightly. Stir in butter and vanilla.

Quickly dip apples in caramel. Coat well. Place apples with skewers up on a buttered piece of wax paper until caramel hardens.

Variation: You can roll caramel coated apples in a dish of chopped nuts before caramel hardens for Nutty Caramel Apples. You can also make caramel bananas if you are living in the tropics and don't have apples. Or chop apples and dip piece into bowl of warm caramel topping, then a bowl of nuts - fondue like. Good luck!